DRUGS AND EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS AFFECTEING LIPID TRANSPORT AND DEPOSITION.

Abstract

The effect of drugs affecting lipid mobilization (nicotinic acid) and transport (glucagon) are investigated in vitro and in vivo. The interactions with the nervous and hormonal control of lipid transport and particularly with the sympathetic system and prostaglandins are investigated using experimental conditions of increased and decreased hormonal activity. Our experiments indicate the presence of mechanisms which modulate the metabolic effect of catecholamines in adipose tissue. It is of particular interest to observe that prostaglandins antagonize the lipolytic hormones in the fed, but not in the fasted animals and that, on the other hand, a dietary induced deficiency in essential fatty acids, the biosynthetic precursors of prostaglandins, elicits exagerated FFA release in response to the adrenergic stimulation of the lipolytic system. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 1967
Accession Number
AD0659152

Entities

People

  • Rodolfo Paoletti

Organizations

  • University of Milan

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acids
  • Adipose Tissue
  • Catecholamines
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Deficiencies
  • Fatty Acids
  • Heterocyclic Acids
  • Hormones
  • Lipids
  • Mobilization
  • Nicotinic Acid
  • Organic Compounds
  • Precursors
  • Prostaglandin
  • Transport Ships

Fields of Study

  • Biology

Readers

  • Cardiovascular Physiology